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The challenge? Write a story in 6 sentences, no more & no less, and if you’d like, share your creation or just visit and comment on others’ ideas, with GirlieOnTheEdge, Denise. The prompt is “VERGE”, and here’s where you join the party: Six Sentence Stories
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“That’s quite a drop,” she murmured, peering into the abyss with raised eyebrows, adding, “and I’m not sure where it all ends.”
“What makes you think it ends, when…” whispered the other, reclining in the grass just behind the bush at the yard’s safe boundary, listening with finely-attuned ears, and continuing “…you stand there on the verge, a razor’s edge that also resembles a slippery slope, a black hole, the awakening of an infinite and insatiable hunger, when it may just as easily be thought of as a beginning, a soft land and bounce into another world, a slick slide into sparkling sameness but from more innocent times of so long ago; just look behind you, Alice, and see the degradation of what remains of your present world and…take the leap!”
She checked the pocket of her skirt for the box of raisins she always kept there for whatever adventure might someday beckon, and gently put her kitten, Delilah, down on the grass, wondering at the strange familiarity of the other voice, so silkenly husky and persuasive.
At the very least, she had to see where that March Hare had gone off to, and whether his pocket-watch was real or pretend, and who the tailor was that made the smart waistcoat he wore.
“Far past time for an adventure, Alice,” she decided, as she stepped toward the rabbit hole.
Behind her, the dark-haired man with the sad eyes stood and snapped another photo as she disappeared from his sight.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2022)
***I don’t know why I’ve gone all dark this week!***
Valley of the Trolls 
I like your definition of verge, a possibility ripe for adventure with so many opportunities, or a path strewn with danger. Which way to go, I wonder.
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So much imagination in this tale, so much opportunity for Alice. I love her box of raisins kept for whatever adventure awaited. (I hope they were chocolate covered.)
I could never bring myself to read Alice in Wonderland although I’ve read about it and about Lewis Carroll. Dark hints there that say so much through what they don’t say.
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The book’s marvelous, IMO, no matter Lewis’ confusion. But check out his photos of Alice. Lovely, but…yeah.
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Yowee, Liz. Nope, not a “cute” Six to make us smile and go “aw”. You’ve woven a complex tale, beckoning your readers to the edge of speculative allegory. Once again, I am reminded to read this most famous tale.
It’s great to read you at the Six again 😀
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(Waving, one hand tapping on the laptop keyboard…) Thanks!
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and, when you think about the mind of one capable of writing such enduring stories, can there be any doubt that perspectives, both positive and negative must surely be in dynamic balance.
v enjoyable Six
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We surely hope they were…
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An interesting view of Dodgson and Alice.
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Yep. People look at his photos of her, their relationship, his social skills…and they’ve speculated.
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I like how that guy giving her advice was snapping photos. If you continue this, I am wondering now what he will do with them.
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Not serial, but a dark speculative bit about Lewis Carroll & Alice…And yes, one might wonder.
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Surreal and sublime. Reminded me so much of ‘Outer Range’ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11685912/ . Check it out.
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Wowza! Loved that second sentence most especially. The description of verge verges on greatness, nay, it is great.
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Timmmberrrrr!
((Thanks!)
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